One Toronto specialty store is selling some extremely rare Spanish strawberry varieties, introducing the one-and-only Borga strawberries, available to you by the good people at Cheese Boutique, who specially orders the berries from all the way from Spain. read more

Belgian cooperatives seem to increasingly be experiencing an acreage shift. This season, due to virus pressure and high energy prices, more and more of both Coöperatie Hoogstraten and BelOrta growers are opting for 'easier' or less risky options. So, both associations' specialty tomatoes'
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With around 2.2 million hectares under organic cultivation, Italy is among the greenest European countries. It has the highest percentage of organic areas out of the total (17.4%), against a European average of 9%, to which is added the primacy of 86,144 operators.Italy is also the first country in Europe
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"We’re well-positioned regarding what the market needs: robotizing the cutting process," begins Jeroen Pannekoek, PIP Innovations' Managing Director. This Dutch company focuses on robotized processing solutions for the fruit and vegetable sector. A major U.S. potato chip manufacturer, for
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Transnistria has imposed a duty of $0.7 per 1 kg on the export of onions to prevent an increase in prices on the domestic market. The Transnistrian government decided this on March 30th. The duty will be in effect until June of this year, until the beginning of the new harvest season. read more

Avocados have recently become one of Tanzania's most popular exports as more farmers participate in what is known as the "green gold." read more

The lime market in different parts of the world is experiencing varied conditions. In the Netherlands, after a period of low prices, the market for limes has significantly improved due to increasing demand and better quality arrivals. Similarly in the UK, lime prices have gone from highs to lows
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An eventful night at the Milan wholesale market where a violent brawl broke out involving a dozen men. It all stemmed from an attempted theft by a 28-year-old hawker, a fruit seller, who tried to steal goods from a stand, but the sales staff
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Adverse weather is one of the biggest headaches for growers around the world and a hail storm can destroy a grower’s crop in a matter of minutes, this is why more and more growers are investing in hail nets to protect their crops. read more

More that 100 boxes of vegetables have been delivered to the Malaysian Parliament to highlight the plight of farmers in the Cameron Highlands. read more

The Eni group is advancing towards the green economy by activating several acquisition operations. Among these is the one involving Versalis (an Eni subsidiary) to take over Novamont, a leading bioplastics company. Versalis is currently a minority partner with a 36% share: if the
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Strong supplies of ginger continue from around the world. Yasmin Pacia of Bronx, New York-based Trucco, Inc. notes that the Peruvian season for ginger is ending. “Supply in Peru seems to get stronger yearly, resulting in possible year-round availability,” says Pacia. Other year-round
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Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture admits it would be difficult to find out how Taiwan’s mango pineapples reached China. Regardless, to combat this type of theft in the future, the Cabinet has approved a bill that stipulates a prison term of up to three years for people found guilty of
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"Colombian mango exports to the European Union and the United States peak between March and August. In these months, Colombia will ship more than 200 tons of fruit from 39 small and medium-sized farms in five departments, which have been authorized to export this fruit by Colombia's Agricultural
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Biodynamic agriculture has experienced a significant growth in the last decade in Spain, where there are already more than 400 agricultural producers and ranchers certified by Demeter-Spain, out of which more than 75% are fruit and vegetable producers like Antonio Rodríguez Ocaña, and half of
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During the Easter period, interest in vegetables increases in view of the various picnics and barbecues outside the home: among the best-selling products are definitely tomatoes. read more

Royal Berry was lucky on Wednesday afternoon; under a brilliant blue sky, the 12.5-year anniversary of the Dutch strawberry growing company was celebrated. Even better, grower Jan van Genderen was able to recount in an extensive speech his rise as a strawberry entrepreneur at the newest location
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A sudden heat wave is happening in Egypt from Friday, April 7, until Monday, April 10, causing a rapid and intense increase in temperatures, reaching a 5-10 degrees difference, and alarming the producers of several crops. read more